Ted Falcon

Ted Falcon
Born in New York, Ted Falcon grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
He first started playing the piano at age five then switched to the violin
when he was six.
The son of a professional guitarist, Ted grew up listening to jazz and
the Brazilian music of Villa-Lobos, Tom Jobim and Luiz Bonfá. Further
study of Brazilian choro music at Indiana University fueled his passion for
the sound and brought him to form his own group, the Los Angeles Choro
Ensemble. He has dedicated himself exclusively to the study of Brazilian
music and choro for the past 7 years, recording several Brazilian
instrumental CD's, Memórias do Brasil and Transcontinental Music
Express, as well as writing a mandolin book, Retratos do Brasil.
He is also one of the few innovators on the violin, an instrument
rarely used in Brazilian popular music. In 2006 and 2007, he performed
around the world headlining and touring in Japan, the U.S. and Brazil. In
many different trips to Brazil, he has performed with some of the biggest
names of Brazilian music, including Armandinho and Gilberto Gil, as well
as featured performances on TV Senado, TV Camara, SESC Instrumental
and Radio Nacional. (with Época de Ouro)
In the U.S., Ted has played with David Grisman, Mike Marshall and
has recorded with Ben E. King and Suzanne Vega. He has toured as a
featured violinist with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and with Ringling
Bros' Kaleidoscape circus. As a studio musician, he has played on many
string quartet tribute recordings for Weezer, Korn, the Cure, Linkin Park
and on national television programs including Judging Amy, Charmed and
the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
In 2008, Ted moved to Brazil, to immerse himself in the rich musical
culture. He has performed or recorded with Alessandro Penezzi, Roberta
Valente, Jovino Santos Neto, Dominguinhos, Gilberto Gil, Armandinho e
trio elétrico, Baby do Brasil, Pablo Fagundes, Zé Barbeiro, Emiliano
Castro, Léo Rodrigues, Thiago Espirito Santo, Marcos Ariel, Rick Udler,
Vinicius Gomes, Marcus Moraes, George Lacerda, Fernando César, Amoy
Ribas, Henrique Neto, Pedro Vasconcellos, Oswaldo Amorim, Paulo
André, Proveta, Ricardo Herz, Nicolas Krassik, Hamilton de Holanda,
Silverio Pontes, Danilo Brito, Milton Mori, Dudu Maia, Izaías, Alexandre
Ribeiro, Fabiano Nascimento, Hamilton Pinheiro, Raphael dos Anjos and
many other great Brazilian musicians.
In 2009, Ted moved to the nation's capital of Brasilia and joined the
faculty of Brazil’s most respected choro school as professor of violin. (the
Escola Brasileira de Choro Raphael Rabello)